Need some help with Internet Explorer COM

[Syrin]

I'm just asking here in case somebody has experience with the IE9 COM. For some reason, I can't do certain things (such as the .click() or .focus() methods on any elements), and I couldn't find any information about what might be stopping me from doing so. Here's a quick example that shows what I mean.

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.ca/")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
local $t = _IEGetObjByName($oIE,"q")
;This works, properties seem to work fine.
$t.value = "Test 1"
;This also works, so it isn't a problem with methods.
$t.insertAdjacentText("afterBegin","Test 2")
$t = _IEGetObjByName($oIE,"btnG")
;This does nothing.
$t.click()

I've also tried it without IE.au3 functions, just using normal COM syntax according to documentation on the MSDN library, no luck. I've also tried it with LuaCOM, so I don't think it's a problem with AutoIT, but with IE9.

Edited March 30, 2011 by Syrin

[Richard Robertson]

I'm sure you need some kind of security clearance. Microsoft knows that automating IE can produce dangerous results.

[Syrin]

Ugh. I can do it manually - I have a version set up that just uses the MouseClick() AutoIt function... I just prefer elegant solutions to hamfisted hackeries. Oh well. If it works, it works, I guess.

[Richard Robertson]

Have you tried running your script as administrator to see if it works that way?

[Syrin]

I have, it was one of the first things I tried. No dice.

[Richard Robertson]

Do you have a prerelease copy of IE9? I could see that causing problems I guess.

[Syrin]

Nope, I only just downloaded it a couple days ago. Should be release version.

[Richard Robertson]

I'm remembering someone encountering this but searching for IE9 COM isn't returning significant documents. Unfortunately COM is a top level domain.

[Syrin]

Yeah... a google for "IE9 COM" doesn't help so much. Oh well, the deadline is upon me, so I just have to leave it running using MouseClick instead. Thanks for the help.